January, 1914 



THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 



37.6 



Potiltry Notes 



Summer Troubles. 



Care and attention do much to 

 minimise those much-dreaded dis- 

 eases, chicken pox and roup. Shel- 

 ter is of great importance, as no 

 doubt all animals and birds find 

 having- to stand about in the hot 

 sun very trying indeed. 



It is one of the drawbacks to 

 hatching late in the season that 

 the chicks do not seem to have de- 

 veloped sufficient stamina ito with- 

 stand this trying weather. 



Chicken-pox is first noticed by 

 small sores appearing upon the 

 heads of the chickens ; ii not at- 

 tended to at once these sores grow 

 and spread all over the comb, 

 head, and face, and when broken 

 they exude an almost colourlqss 

 matter. This disease is highly in- 

 fectious, therefore the sick Bir-^s 

 should at onoe be isolated and ihe 

 sores dressed with permanganate 

 of potash. The best method of ap- 

 plying this is to put a small quan- 

 tity of the crystals into a piece 

 of cloth, tie this firmly on to the 

 end of a small stick, moisten 

 slightly with a little water, and 

 touch the sojtes with this. The, ail- 

 ing chicks and any contact birds 

 should be given a 1 ttle flowers of 

 sulphur in soft food and be liberal- 

 fted with greenstuff. 



— Roup. — 



There are two kinds of roup. 

 The most common is catarrhal. 

 This is ext'remely contagious and 

 is commonly caused by the birds 

 being overcrowded into ill-ventilat- 



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ed houses. The first symptom is a 

 water discharge from the nostrils, 

 v\hich gradually becomes thicker 

 and de\elo[)es an ofEensive odour. 

 St)metimes one side of the face be- 

 comes l)adly swollen and a frothy 

 moisture appears at the eye ; at a 

 later stage the eye completely 

 closes and a solid cheesy matter 

 forms, which must l>e squeezed and 

 washed out. 



— Diphtheric Roup. — 



In young chicks this is often 

 mistaken for gapes, as the out- 

 ward SN inptoms are perhaps to the 

 novice somewhat similar. In both 

 cases the bird gapes or gasps as 

 if for breath. The cause of this 

 in diphtheretic roup is a growth 

 of cheesy matter which accumu- 

 lates in the throat and windpipe, 

 and unless attended to immediate- 

 ly caiuses suffocation. 



— Treatment. — 



The cheesy matter should bei cut 

 out with a knife or piece of stick, 

 a little flowers of sulphur put in a 

 teaspoon and blown sharply down 

 the bird's throat. 



In both catarrhal ' and diph- 

 theric roup all contact birds and 

 sick ones should be given sulphate 

 of copper (bluestone) to drink. 

 Dissolve % oz. of sulphate of cop- 

 per in 8 oz. of water and add a 

 teaspoonful of this to every hali- 

 pint of drinking water. Care should 

 iDe taken that the drinking vessels 

 are earthenware or of good enam- 

 elled ware, as the sulphate of cop- 

 per corrodes iron and tin. 



— Moulting. — 



This is the best time of year to 

 weed out any surplus stock ' that 

 is to be disposed of. The hens 

 will have practically stopped lay- 

 ing previous to going into the 

 moult, and it is more economical 

 to sell now while the birds are in 

 good condition than to bring them 

 through the moult, which natural- 

 ly- reduces their condition, and 

 then to f eed them up again and' sellj 

 them. 



To hasten on the moult, birds 

 should be fed very sparino-ly^ that 

 is to say on a little grain only, 

 kept warm, and should be given 

 a few doses of Epsom salts. When 

 the birds are fairly into the moult, 

 which will be seen by the number 

 of feathers lying about the runs. 



tht feeding should become more 

 liberal and a <lose of (lowers .of sul- 

 phur given twice a week in their 

 soft food — a teaspoonful to c\ery 

 twelve birds.— South African Agri- 

 cultural Journal. 



Liver Troubles. 



laver troul)le in the poultry 

 yard is \ery common and there are) 

 thousands of chickens hatched 

 every year which ha.\>^ inherited 

 the disease from the parent birds ; 

 and moTe thousandis in which it is 

 due to improper feeding. In the 

 early stages of live trouble the 

 first symptom is that the chicks 

 have ruflled plumage, a very dis- 

 tressed appearance, and their food 

 remains in the crop, and the drop- 

 pings are thin, yellow, and some- 

 times green, and the chick very 

 rarely has much appetite, but 

 stands moping about with wings 

 drooping. 



Chicks with liver frouble should 

 be fed almost entireh' on oatmeal 

 porridge and milk, or fine oatmeal 

 that has been made crumbly by 

 adding milk to it. They should 

 have abundance of green food which 

 should be chopped up \ery fine, 

 and should be given at least once 

 a day — ^about noon is the best 

 time ; but do not give any grain, 

 however small, until there are 

 some signs of impro\'ement. In 

 serious cases four or five drops of 

 the best salad oil should be given, 

 and which 'will be found very efiec- 

 tual in soothing the bowels. Never 

 on any account give chicks spioe or, 

 condiment in the food, for these 

 only irritate the bowels, and in 

 the: case of liver trouble simply 

 add fuel to the fire. 



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Folks who never do any more 

 than they are paid for, never get 

 paid for an};- more thaji they do. 



Don't exaggerate in describing 

 ■s^our stock ; some people know its 

 true value and every one interest- 

 will soon find out. 



How about putting down a few 

 eggs for next autumn use. More 

 eggs are laid in the first week of 

 October than in any other single 

 week during the year. If you 

 have not any to spare from your 

 own pens, get a few dozen 

 infertile eggs from a breeder who 

 sells gr-iaranteed goods and pnt 

 them down in Eurford's Magic. 

 You, or vour wife, rather, vyill be 

 glad of them by April- 



